13 Related Articles, between 2019-08-02 and 2019-09-10

Donald Trump confirms he is planning massive Afghanistan pullout amid peace talks with the Taliban. Donald Trump on Friday confirmed his administration is gearing up to bring U.S. troops home from Afghanistan in an effort to make a peace deal with the Taliban. >>

No deal yet in latest Afghanistan talks, but Trump planning big cuts in U.S. presence. Another round of U.S. talks with the Taliban ends, apparently without a deal on declaring a cease-fire or other objectives. >>

Premature exit from Afghanistan would be 'strategic mistake': U.S. general. A premature withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan would be a strategic mistake, President Donald Trump's nominee to be the top military officer said on Thursday, as the United States and Taliban make progress to end the nearly 18 years of war. >>

To Start Afghan Withdrawal, U.S. Would Pull 5,400 Troops in 135 Days. The lead American negotiator has told Afghan leaders that an agreement has been finalized “in principle” with the Taliban. It still needs approval from President Trump. >>

Trump and senior aides discuss withdrawal from Afghanistan as talks with Taliban advance. The two sides are close to agreement on an initial withdrawal in exchange for concessions by the militants and wider peace negotiations, officials said. >>

Trump calls off secret talks with Taliban after deadly bomb attack. President says he had been scheduled to meet with Afghan leaders and heads of insurgent group at Camp David, but nixes summit over upsurge in violence meant to build leverage >>

Trump Declares Afghan Peace Talks With Taliban ‘Dead’. The president also signaled he would withdraw United States troops from America’s longest war, following the collapse of a monthslong effort to ease violence in Afghanistan. >>

Trump says Afghanistan talks are dead ‘as far as I’m concerned’. “We had a meeting scheduled. It was my idea. And it was my idea to terminate it,” Trump said of his now-scuttled plan to meet with Afghan and Taliban leaders at Camp David. >>

Trump says he canceled secret meeting with Afghan president, Taliban at Camp David. The abrupt disclosure appeared to deal a significant blow to the ongoing peace talks. >>

Trump to meet security officials on Afghanistan as concerns mount about US withdrawal. President Trump is expected to meet with his top national security advisers on Friday to review a US-Taliban peace plan that could end America's longest running war -- but could also trigger a surrender for the US and a betrayal of the Afghan government, critics say. >>

Trump: I could win Afghan war in a week. President Donald Trump said the US has made "a lot of progress" toward ending the war in Afghanistan in negotiations with the Taliban in recent weeks and made clear his disdain for the US' ongoing military presence in Afghanistan. >>

U.S. Soldier Whose Death in Afghanistan Upended Peace Talks ‘Loved His Country’. President Trump said he called off negotiations with the Taliban after they claimed responsibility for the death of Sgt. First Class Elis A. Barreto Ortiz. >>